The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-11-05
DRESS MATERIALS.
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Fabrics for Women's Wear.


hA"'h ana Costly ana Heat and Gaudy
Fabrics for Women's Wear.
Inc latest addition to the lilac shades
IS known as gloxinia.
Various shades of plum color are
superseding the hcliotropes of til %
season just past.
Iwo-toned yelyets are very elegant,
and are combined with plain velvet Of
the darker shade or color.
The new shades are rather more
brilliant than those of former seasons,
ana all OF the favorite colors seem to be
intensified.
Many rich toilets are made of plain,
soit-nnished faille throughout, and
trimmed with beaded passementeries
OF the same color.
Very elegant evening toilets are
made of black lace in combination with
MORE antique. the latter black, solid
colored or changeable, as the wearer
may prefer.
Brocaded MORE antique is dress
material rich enough to satisfy the
most fastidious. The patterns are
usually leaves and conventionalized
flowers, arranged in stripes.
Passementeries arc shown in all
colors to match all the fashionable
shades in wooden fabrics, and come in
galloons, and also in separate garniture
for skirt and wais t.
= s.41if materials, whether silk or wool,
have their appropriate combination
fabrics, but tailor-made costumes of
plain, smoOth-iinished cloths will be as
| popular rs ever for street wear.
In the new woolens red and brown
seem to struggle for the ascendancy.
There are reddish browns and brown
ish reds, and clear red and browns arc
contrasted in phids and stripes.
The prophets say this is to be q
silk and velvet season. but with such an
array of beautiful woolens to be chosen
from as are now shown, they can not
| but hold their own for another season,
Velvet is now, as ever, favorite
combination and trimming material
1t can be used in combination with all
fabrics, of whatever texture, and is
universally becoming when worn near
the face
Woolen-backed velvets are n novel
dress material, three or five different
colors sometimes appearing in the same
material. These are made up with
plain goods matching one of The colors
Of the velvet
The mania for black lace dresses still
continues, in spite of approaching cold
weather. Many new designs are shown.
and they will, no doubt, remain a
standard evening toilet throughout the
entire winter.
The MORE antique of the present
time is the vortable MORE antique Of
our grandmothers, which was said to
"almost stand alone" The broad
wavings seem to change their outline
whenever the fabric is moved.
Moire antique is now n rival of plain
velvet in combinations. being used for
the underskirt, with corsage and dra-
perles of fine wool. or as accessories
uppp the basque, with rather broad
bias bands upon the skirt and edging
the drapery.
Red brown is a very popular color
this season, and seems to meet with
equal favor in silks and woolens. The
new shade is Morocco, which is trihe
darker than the tobacco brown, and vet
brighter than mahogany, and COM
bines very effectively with moss green,
fawn and Gobelin blue
Striped veIvets are in high favor.
These stripes are not only plain, but
plaided, barred, broken, spotted and
figured, in wondrous combinations of
weaves and colors. When these bril-
liant textures are worn, falle or plain
velvet in one of che prevailing colors is
selected for a combination. N Y. Hail
aid Express.